NCERT Class 12 Political Science Chapter 7 Regional Aspirations Test Mock Test

Q1.How did the Indian approach to cultural diversity differ from the approach adopted in many European countries?

• AThe Indian nation would not deny the rights of different regions and linguistic groups to retain their own culture, balancing unity and diversity, whereas many European countries saw cultural diversity as a threat to the nation
• BIndia treated every regional demand as a law and order problem, while European countries negotiated with regional groups
• CIndia treated the expression of regional aspirations as anti-national, unlike European countries
• DIndia refused to redraw internal boundaries, while European countries readily created new regions

Q2.The demand of Punjabi speaking people for a separate State, raised from the late 1950s, was finally accepted when:

• AHimachal Pradesh was carved out of Punjab in 1950
• BThe States of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were created
• CThe Anandpur Sahib Resolution was passed in 1973
• DThe States of Punjab and Haryana were created in 1966

Q3.The three social and political regions that comprise Jammu and Kashmir are described as:

• AJammu, inhabited mostly by Muslims; Kashmir, inhabited mostly by Hindus; and Ladakh, inhabited mostly by Sikhs
• BJammu, a mix of foothills and plains predominantly inhabited by Hindus; the Kashmir valley, inhabited mostly by Kashmiri Muslims; and Ladakh, mainly mountainous with a population almost equally divided between Buddhists and Muslims
• CJammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, all three having a Buddhist majority population
• DJammu and Kashmir valley, both predominantly Hindu, and Ladakh, predominantly Muslim